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Birthday June 24, 1889

• The temperature on June 24, 1889 was about 19.0 °C. There was 28 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
  • February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
  • February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
  • April 22 » At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
  • August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
  • November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1883 » Fritz Löhner-Beda, Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (d.1942)
• 1883 » Victor Francis Hess, Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1964)
• 1884 » Frank Waller, American runner († 1941)
• 1885 » Olaf Holtedahl, Norwegian geologist († 1975)
• 1888 » Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect, designed the Rietveld Schröder House († 1964)
• 1893 » Roy O. Disney, American businessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company († 1971)